Weekend Report - Mid Osage

[Jbrant]

Started about 7:30 Saturday morning around Red Fox.  Fished a couple of smaller coves/pockets with wind.  Caught a short and one that went around 3-8 behind a cable.  Slowed down a lot after that.  One skinny 17" keeper the rest of the morning. All 3 of  those were on spinnerbaits.  Caught one that went 3-5 that afternoon on a shakey head.  Went back out after supper and caught one more that went 3-13 on the spinnerbait.  Only had 7 fish all day.  4 keepers went about 12-12.  

Went back out Sunday morning (went the other direction into Proctor) for about 3 1/2 hours.  Caught two more shorts.  

Almost every bite we had came in the wind with some kind of wood/trash close.  Slow rolled the spinnerbait a bunch.  Flipped some plastics a little.  Threw a buzzbait and spook a little. Threw a carolina rig a little too.

We fished about every pocket we came across.  Hit every piece of wood on the bank we saw too.  Fished behind a lot of docks.  Didn't spend a lot of time on the main lake or on channel banks.  Couldn't ever put anything consistent together.  Didn't see any fish up shallow - cruising or on beds (only saw a few beds).  Most of our bites were right on the bank though.  Had a few bigger shad follow the spinnerbait back to the boat but didn't see many baitfish, birds, or any fish in the shallows.  

Water was cleaner than expected - probably had 2 1/2 feet of visibility in spots.  Lower water doesn't leave much water in a lot of the pockets in this part of the lake.  

[m&m]

Jbrant, thank you for the report.  Any idea what the WT was in Proctor?

Mike

[Jbrant]

I think it was around 62-63.  Can't say that I paid a lot of attention to it.  

[m&m]

Thanks. I'm just trying to see the WT trend prior to my May 11th trip there.

Mike

[fishinwrench]

On May 11 it will be 74°

[m&m]

Wrench, thank you for the information.  By the way, what are Friday's lottery numbers? lol

Mike

[fishinwrench]

I'll give you my guess if you'll gimme 50% if it's 50% right.